ETYM Latin, from Greek sepia the cuttlefish, or squid.
Rich brown pigment prepared from the ink of cuttlefishes.
Fine brown.
Cuttle-fish; inky secretion of cuttle-fish; rich brown pigment obtained from this.
Brown pigment produced from the black fluid of cuttlefish. After 1870 it replaced the use of bister (made from charred wood) in wash drawings due to its warmer range of colors. Sepia fades rapidly in bright light.
Type genus of the Sepiidae; Also called: genus Sepia.

Of a dark brown color, with a little red in its composition; also, made of, or done in, sepia.